I started crawling towards the kitchen, keeping low. The door opened and I scrambled behind the wall. Maxwell was behind the kitchen island.

"Sandy! Get your ass out here!" My father's words slurred. It was obvious that he was drunk again. "I told you that you can't go out, Sandy! I told you and that boy who is with you again; he is just going to fuck you, Sandy! Let daddy take care of you! Let me make you perfect!" I grabbed a pan from the cabinet beside me. I have to protect us somehow. I stood up so I could run if he turned the corner. He was in the hallway right now. "GOTCHA!" He screamed as he turned the corner, I hit him in the arm with the pan. He fell to the ground whimpering in pain. I ran to Maxwell and pulled him up. We had to make a run for it. As we got to where the hallway started, I saw that my dad wasn't there. I stood really still, so just maybe I could hear him. I was about to move when he stepped out from behind me and slapped me hard enough to knock me down.

"You," He pointed at Maxwell, "Need to be dealt with. You are NOT going to make my good-for-nothing daughter disobey me! She's a bad enough disappointment!" He pointed the gun at him. I got up and jumped on his back, pulling up the arm with a gun in it. We wrestled and finally he threw me into a wall. I fell to the floor once again. Maxwell then punched my dad and he flew back into the wall across from me. Maxwell, then, went to brawl. So many punches and kicks were thrown. Finally, my dad threw Maxwell onto the floor and pointed the gun at him once again. I grabbed my dad's leg and bit him.

"Ahhh!" He screamed. He kicked me off and I heard a gun shot. The most painful feeling went through me stomach. After that, everything went black.

When I woke up, all I could see was white and I couldn't feel any of the pain that I felt earlier. I was about to presume that I was dead when someone opened the door.

"Good, you're awake." She said, smiling, "Jen, tell her family that she is awake and they can visit her." She spoke into her walky talky. "You gave us quite the scare, Sandy. We weren't sure that you were going to make it." She told me.

"What happened?" I asked, sitting up, immediately, my stomach hurt like hell, so I sat back down.

"Your father shot you in the stomach and was about to shoot your friend when the police showed up. I must say, you two put up quite the fight. I have never seen anything like that before."

"Is Maxwell, my friend, ok?" I asked her

"Yes, he's fine. He just has a few cuts and bruises, although, he has a sprained wrist."

"That's good, when will I get to see them?"

"Whenever you feel up to it."

"Can I see them now?"

"Sure. Jen, send them in." The door burst open and bunches of people came running in. But first in line were my brother and my mom.

"Oh my, dear! I am so sorry, Sandy! Oh, my poor baby!" My mom was sobbing as she hugged me. Stan came over and hugged me too. He was crying. I felt bad that they were this worried.

"I was so freaked that you weren't gonna make it, sis."

"I'm fine. Really, I am." I told them. After they were done hugging me, many more people came up to me and were either crying, hugging me, or both. These people included Bijou, Pashmina (who was staying in to same hospital), Penelope, Pepper, Cappy, Panda, Oxnard, Howdy, Dexter, Boss, Hamtaro, and even Snoozer woke up to see how I was. The only person I really wanted to see wasn't here.

"Where's Maxwell?" I asked. Everyone looked at each other as if silently asking if someone really knew. Just then, Maxwell came in with a bunch of red roses.

"Sorry, I didn't know that you were awake until a few minutes ago." He explained as he put the roses in a vase. He took out a single red rose and handed it to me. "Here you go, they aren't as much fun if you only get to look and not touch."

"Are you ok?" I asked him, "Did he hurt you? Where is he?"

"I'm fine. I'm not the one is a hospital bed." He laughed, "And don't worry about him, he's gone."

"Oh. Ok." I looked at him and smiled. I knew that whatever he said was true. I could trust him with my life, literally. He smiled back and kissed me on the cheek.

"So does this mean you two are all, together?" Stan asked us

"Yeah, I guess." Maxwell said looking at me, questioning me with his eyes.

I looked back into his and then looked back at Stan, "Of course. What do you think?" I asked, smirking. Everyone cheered.

"I knew it! I knew it! Oh, I am so excited! They are PERFECT together!" My mom kept saying over and over. Stan looked at him and then at me.

"Ok, I know you two have liked each other for the longest time and I know he wouldn't do anything to hurt you so, I don't mind. But Maxwell,"

"Yes Stan?" Maxwell looked up from me to him

"If you hurt her or do anything like that with her, I will hurt- no, kill you with my bare hands."

I just laughed, "Ok, I think he gets it, Stanly." I told him, holding Maxwell's hand." Maxwell kissed me and we all hung out until visiting hours were over. The only people that stayed were my mom, Stan and my new boyfriend and love of my life, Maxwell.

--5 years later--

Still today, Maxwell and I are the happiest couple in the universe. We both have finished college and are on the way to making billions. I am a lawyer and he is a big time business owner with millions of stores all over the world. We live in a beautiful 3 million dollar mansion with a baby on the way. She will be born in only 2 months! Do you believe it! We have decided to call her Melody. Stan and Pashmina are on the way with their second child. Their first is about 2 years old now and she is Maxwell and I's god child. Her name is Sarah. Stan owns a large sports store and Pashmina owns an entire mall. Bijou and Hamtaro stayed together as well and adopted two French twin babies (one boy, one girl) who are nearly 1 year old. Their names are Christina and Ryan. Maxwell and I are also their god parents. Bijou and Hamtaro work together in a fashion designing business. Oxnard and Pepper don't have any children yet, but they live on the outskirts of town where Pepper's "children" are her horses. Oxnard owns a 5 star restaurant and Pepper races horses for a living. Penelope and Cappy are both going to the same college and even though they won't admit that they like each other, they totally do. All the rest of the gang has stick close by and we see each other often. Panda owns the largest hardware store in the United States and Boss is an army general. Howdy and Dexter became friends finally and decided to join their stores, making a huge supermarket. The lives of the whole gang couldn't be better. I just hope that our children are this happy.